How a tiny bacterium turns itself into a “tunneling machine”
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Some symbiotic bacteria can invade micron-scale host passages by wrapping their flagella around themselves and moving like a tunneling machine. Our study reveals how this clever motion enables them to overcome extreme confinement and successfully colonize their hosts.
What happens when a psyllid’s menu changes? 🍽️Our new paper (from two phenomenal honors students) reveals that differences in essential amino acids in plant diets reshapes symbiotic organ structure and alters insect fitness. Dive in: doi.org/10.1016/j.is...
It’s tough lesson to learn that you’ve been living your entire life the wrong way…
NEW: Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here: snri.ucmerced.edu/form/symbios...
I’m excited to share a new paper out today led by Dr. Younghwan Kwak.
Cool story on symbiont genomic variation within individual hosts. (And, also, just an impressive display of -omics skill).
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Allison Hansen
How specific are heritable symbioses?
And what can we learn from swapping obligate symbionts across host species?
We address this in our latest, led by @inespons.bsky.social & in our collaboration w/ @microbiome.bsky.social 🦠🪲 Out today in @natcomms.nature.com!
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Abstract. Obligate endosymbionts of insects undergo extreme genome evolution, marked by accelerated molecular evolution, severe base-pair compositional bia
A symbiotic rove beetle develops a stealth phenotype by silencing production of its
hydrocarbon pheromones, enabling it to infiltrate ant colonies, steal ant pheromones,
and achieve social acceptance ...
Deadline soon! Registration is now FREE for graduate students and postdocs for the 14th Annual Yosemite Symbiosis workshop. THANKS to the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation! Space is limited. Learn more and REGISTER here
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Joel Sachs
Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com is now online-early!
We describe independent evolution of bacterial genomes of only ~50–52 kb — the smallest known outside cellular organelles — revealing striking convergence toward minimal gene sets.
🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s414...
Sorry, but that T-shirt hem is not cutting it. Grease and grime can be harmful to eyeglass lenses. Here’s how to clean your glasses properly. nyti.ms/4ssxgRK
Joel Sachs
The New York Times
Piotr Lukasik
Calling all researchers working on *Genomics of Adaptation to Extreme Thermal Environments*
I'm serving as a guest editor of an upcoming collection in BMC Genomics and am eager to read your submission! More on scope and how to contribute here: bit.ly/4kH3PIx 🧪 @springer.springernature.com
Hassan Salem
As climate change continues to influence ecosystems around the globe, understanding the genomics of adaptation to hot and cold environments is becoming ...
